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am unwilling to allow you to depart on so solemn and interesting an occasion , without some few words of exhortation from him who is set over you in the Lord . It has pleased Him to put it into the hearts of His servants , to raise a new temple to His honour , and in so doing , he sends a gracious invitation to all those who are within its circle to come and partake ofthe spiritual food which He also proposes to provide . You have all placed yourselves within the reach of that invitation . Many
, perhaps , may have come here from idle curiosity , to indulge in empty gaze ; but none can be permitted to depart without considering himself involved to a certain degree in responsibility in presenting himself here , for by His Ambassador in Christ , the Lord sends to each of you an invitation . I am commissioned to declare the message to you all . Your blessed Saviour says , " Come all ye that are weary and heavy laden with your sinsand I ivill give you rest . Come here hungering and thirsting
, for righteousness , and you shall receive the bread of life , and drink of the waters of life freely . " Do I speak , then , to any one among you who has hitherto turned a deaf ear to this gracious invitation ? Let him beware , lest he weary the forbearance of Him who willeth that none shall perish , but that all should come to repentance ; who has hitherto stretched forth His arms of reconciliation to you , but who may henceforth , if His warning be despised , turn away His face from you . May
the Lord prosper this work ! May He grant that this day , even this day , some souls may be brought into His fold , and some may be added to His church . May it please Him to awaken by His Holy Spirit , the careless and the ungodly . May He open the eyes of the blind and the ignorant , and show them the way of His salvation . And now , may the peace of God , which passeth all understanding , keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God , and of His Son , Jesus
Christ , our Lord : and may the blessing of God Almighty , the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost , be among you , and remain with you always . Amen . " The company then sang " God save the King , " accompanied b y the band , and the ceremony ended . Before the assemblage moved off ' the ground , the handsome silver trowel , made by Mr . Pyatt of this town , silversmith , ivhich had been used during the ceremony , was presented
to tbe bishop , by the chairman of the committee . It bore a similar inscription to that on the plate inclosed in the box , and also the following , " This trowel , used in the above ceremony , was presented to the Lord Bishop by the committee . " His Lordship then returned to the A'icarage , accompanied by the corporation and the members ofthe church committee ; after which the corporation and the committee repaired to the Court House , where Dr . Hunter , as chairman of the superintending committee , expressed thank's to the Mayor and the Town Council for their attendance on the occasion .
AVARRINGTON , DEC . 22 . —GRAND MASONIC PROCESSION . —Ceremonial of laying the Key Stone of the New Bridge . —Thursday having been fixed upon as thc day for laying the key stone of the new bridge , now in a state of completion , over the river Mersey , tbe town at an early hour in the morning , presented an unusually animated appearance . It had been announced by public advertisement , that the ceremony would be preceded by a grand Masonic procession , headed by Le Gendre Ni-
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Provincial.
am unwilling to allow you to depart on so solemn and interesting an occasion , without some few words of exhortation from him who is set over you in the Lord . It has pleased Him to put it into the hearts of His servants , to raise a new temple to His honour , and in so doing , he sends a gracious invitation to all those who are within its circle to come and partake ofthe spiritual food which He also proposes to provide . You have all placed yourselves within the reach of that invitation . Many
, perhaps , may have come here from idle curiosity , to indulge in empty gaze ; but none can be permitted to depart without considering himself involved to a certain degree in responsibility in presenting himself here , for by His Ambassador in Christ , the Lord sends to each of you an invitation . I am commissioned to declare the message to you all . Your blessed Saviour says , " Come all ye that are weary and heavy laden with your sinsand I ivill give you rest . Come here hungering and thirsting
, for righteousness , and you shall receive the bread of life , and drink of the waters of life freely . " Do I speak , then , to any one among you who has hitherto turned a deaf ear to this gracious invitation ? Let him beware , lest he weary the forbearance of Him who willeth that none shall perish , but that all should come to repentance ; who has hitherto stretched forth His arms of reconciliation to you , but who may henceforth , if His warning be despised , turn away His face from you . May
the Lord prosper this work ! May He grant that this day , even this day , some souls may be brought into His fold , and some may be added to His church . May it please Him to awaken by His Holy Spirit , the careless and the ungodly . May He open the eyes of the blind and the ignorant , and show them the way of His salvation . And now , may the peace of God , which passeth all understanding , keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God , and of His Son , Jesus
Christ , our Lord : and may the blessing of God Almighty , the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost , be among you , and remain with you always . Amen . " The company then sang " God save the King , " accompanied b y the band , and the ceremony ended . Before the assemblage moved off ' the ground , the handsome silver trowel , made by Mr . Pyatt of this town , silversmith , ivhich had been used during the ceremony , was presented
to tbe bishop , by the chairman of the committee . It bore a similar inscription to that on the plate inclosed in the box , and also the following , " This trowel , used in the above ceremony , was presented to the Lord Bishop by the committee . " His Lordship then returned to the A'icarage , accompanied by the corporation and the members ofthe church committee ; after which the corporation and the committee repaired to the Court House , where Dr . Hunter , as chairman of the superintending committee , expressed thank's to the Mayor and the Town Council for their attendance on the occasion .
AVARRINGTON , DEC . 22 . —GRAND MASONIC PROCESSION . —Ceremonial of laying the Key Stone of the New Bridge . —Thursday having been fixed upon as thc day for laying the key stone of the new bridge , now in a state of completion , over the river Mersey , tbe town at an early hour in the morning , presented an unusually animated appearance . It had been announced by public advertisement , that the ceremony would be preceded by a grand Masonic procession , headed by Le Gendre Ni-